Sanitary lather producing and dispensing apparatus



Aug, w, 1924.

L. A. DALESSANDRO SANITARY LATHER PRODUGING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 14

IiiiiiIIIIIII remesa Aug. ie, i924.

PATENT GFFICE LUIGI A. DALESSANDRO, F NEW YORK, N. yY.

SANITARY LATHER IPRODUCING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Application led November 14, 1922. Serial No. 660,902.

like, wherein a batch of shaving lather may.

be produced and kept in readiness for use by the barber as needed, thereby obviating the necessity for mixing a fresh batch 4ot lather for each customer.

A further object of the invention is to 2o provide a device. of the class described which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and more eilicient in use than those which have been heretofore proposed. i

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in V`the novell details of construct-ion and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views:

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view partly in elevation of an apparatus made in accordance with the present invention; and,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross elevational view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, taken 40 approximately on the plane indicated by the line 2--2 of the said iigure, looking down.

In the said drawings the numeral 1 indicates a suitable base provided with a boss or extension 2, u on which is tted and secured a substantially tubular casing' member 3, the upper end of'which is threaded4 as indicated at 4 to receive the closure member 5, which member is provided with a threaded opening 6, adapted to receive the cap or plug 7. The said plug 7 is provided with the threaded recess 8, adapted to receive a tube or cylinder 9 constituting the barrel of a pump in which the pump piston 10 is adapted to work. rPhe said piston 10 is carried by the rod 11, which passes through the opening 12 inthe cap or plug 7 and its extreme end may be provlded with a suitable hand member 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, whereby the piston rod and piston may be manipulated, as will presently appear.

suitable washer member 14 is interposed between the extreme end of the barrel 9 and the plug member 7, serving not only to produce a tight joint between these members but also as a packing for the piston rod 11, as will be readily apparent. A similar washer member 15 is interposed between the uppermost end of the casing or container 3 and the cap member 5, as will be clear from Fig. 1. v

The said container 3 is provided with a pair of openings, 16 and 17, in its side walls, into which is adapted to be fitted the tubular members, 18 and 19, carryin the observation or sight glasses, 20 an 21. Suitable packing'washers 22 may be provided to form liquid tight joints between the members, and the said tubular members, 18 and 19, may be retained in place by taps or nuts 23, as will be clear from Fi 1.

The said container 3 is provide with a vthird opening 25, adjacent the bottom 26,

into which opening projects one end of a suitable 'faucet or compression spigot 27 which is held in place by means oa tap or nut 28 bearing against the packing washer 29 and thus forming a liquid tight joint. The said faucet 27 may be of any suitable construction, but is here illustrated as comprising an axial rod 30 provided on its inner end with a suitable valve or washer 31, adapted'to seat against the extreme end of the casing 27, and normally maintained in its seated position by a coiled spring 32, one end of which is seated in a recess 33 in the casing 27, and the other end of which bears against the head 34 rigid with the rod 30. The said faucet casing is provided with a suitable outlet 35 through which the contents of the Container 3 may be discharged.

The base 1 may be of any suitable material, but is preferably made of an insulating material such as porcelain for example, and the said base may contain an electric resistance coil 36 connected to suitable leads, 37 and 38, whereby the contents of the containermay be raised and maintained at any desired temperature by means of electrically generated heat.

The pump barrel or casing 9 is vof such dimensions as to extend almost to the bottom 26 leaving a small space 40 between the bottom of the said barrel and the bottom plate 26 of the container, whereby communication is established between the said pump barrel and the container proper. As above described, the pump barrel 9 is carried by the threaded plug member 7, and by suitably manipulating or adjusting the plug member tlie space or passage may be varied at will to secure the best results in producing lather, as will appear more fully below. The Said barrel 9 is also provided with an air inlet hole or opening 41,'whereby air may enter the upper portion of the pump barrel from the upper portion of the container, as will be readily apparent.

In use the closure member 5 is first removed, carrying with it the threaded plug member 7 and the pump barrel and piston,

Y whereupon the container 3 is partially filled and on its down stroke expelling the said lower the liquid in like manner. v

As above mentioned, the width of the pas sage 40 `may be varied by adjusting the threaded plug member 7 to either ra1se or pump barrel 9, thereby increasing or reducing the dimensions of the space 40 to the end that the passage of the liquid therefrom may be restricted to a proper extent to most eliiciently produce a lather.

Due to the reduced area of the passage 40 through which the soapy liquid is compelled to travel, a few strokes of the pump will produce a `suds or lather of a consistency thm enough to flow under the action of gravity which will substantially completely ill the upper portion of the container above the liquid level. The rise of the lather within the upper part of the container may be observed through the observation glass 20, and when sufficient lather has been cre# ated to substantially completely till the upper portion of the container, the pumping may be stopped. The liquid level will have fallen `in the meantime to a point below the outlet faucet 27, substantially all of the liquid having been transformed into lather.

When it is desired to obtain lather for use in shaving it is only necessary for the barber to push in the head 34 of the rod 30, thereby unseating the valve or washer 31, whereupon the lather within the container will flow out through the dischar e passage 35 onto a shaving brush or t e barbers hand, held beneath the said discharge passage. When a suiicient amount of lather has been deposited upon the said brush the faucet member 34 may be released, whereupon the valve 31 will be reseated by its spring 33 vand the brush removed from beneath the discharge outlet.

The liquid within the container 3 may be initially heated by the electric resistance coil 36, and the lather may be constantly maintained at any desired temperature by means of the said coil.

lt will vthus be seen that this invention provides an efficient device for producing and dispensing lather for shaving or other purposes, which will eliminate the unsanitary shaving' mug o-r cup heretofore gener' ally used in barber shops. Furthermore, the device may be made of such size that a sufiicient amount of lather may be produced in the morning to last substantially all day,

thereby eliminating the great delay and time which is now lost by barbers in mixing a fresh batch of lather for each customer.

While one form of the invention has been illustrated and described, it is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore it is not wished to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the accompanying claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described oomprismg a contalner; a closure member rey plug member; and a single packin means interposed between the en d of sai barrel and said plug member, and packing said rod.A

3. A device of the class described comprising a container provided with a controlled outlet; a closure member removably secured to said container; and means adjustably carried by said closure member, for bottom wall of said container; and means agitating the contents of said container. adjustably supporting saidagitating means 4. A device o f the class described comwithin said container, whereby its said end 10 prising a container provided lwith a botmay be adjusted toyvard and from said wall.

5 tom Wall; an agitating means within said n testimony whereof I affix my signacontainer including a pump barrel, one end ture.

of which is normally in proximity to the LUIGI A. lDALnssamnno. 

